CODE OF VIRGINIA

STATUS AND GENERAL POWERS OF DISTRICT; POWER TO LEVY TAX OR SERVICE CHARGE;
APPROVAL OF LANDOWNERS REQUIRED (§ 10.1-625)

A watershed improvement district shall have all of the powers of the soil and
water conservation district or districts in which the watershed improvement
district is situated, and in addition shall have the authority to levy and
collect a tax or service charge to be used for the purposes for which the
watershed improvement district was created. No tax shall be levied nor service
charge imposed under this article unless two-thirds of the owners of land, which
two-thirds owners shall also represent ownership of at least two-thirds of the
land area in such district, voting in a referendum called and held in the manner
prescribed in this article, approve the levy of a tax to be expended for the
purposes of the watershed improvement district.

HISTORY: 1956, c. 668, § 21-112.11; 1964, c. 512; 1981, c. 156; 1988, c. 891;
1995, c. 654.